Written for the AQA GCSE English Literature specification for first teaching from 2015, this Student Book and digital bundle provides specific set text coverage for the 19th-century aspect of the specification. With progress at its heart, students will build their skills through a range of active learning approaches, including class, group and individual activities. Incorporating differentiated support, activities will help students develop whole-text knowledge. Designed for classroom and independent use, rich digital content includes bespoke video, online assessment and progress tracking. Available online and on tablet devices through the Cambridge Elevate app.

Part 1. Exploring the novel: Unit 1. Setting up prospects and problems

Unit 2. Satis House: Pip meets Miss Havisham and Estella

Unit 3. Pip's fortune

Unit 4. Pip's new life in London

Unit 5. The benefactor discovered

Unit 6. Pip's love and loyalty

Unit 7. Crime, guilt and forgiveness

Unit 8. Escape!

Unit 9. Maturity and true friendship

Unit 10. How does it end?

Part 2. The novel as a whole: Unit 11. Plot and structure

Unit 12. Context and setting

Unit 13. Character and characterisation

Unit 14. Themes and ideas

Unit 15. Language

Preparing for your exam

Glossary

Acknowledgements

AUTHOR(S)

Jon Seal

Jon has been a Teacher for over 25 years with experience as a Head of English, Head of Drama and Media Studies. He has written teacher guides with accompanying DVDs on Of Mice and Men, To Kill A Mockingbird and DVD film making in the classroom all published by NATE and he has written and directed a large number of plays and is a film maker winning a Jerwood Film Shorts Prize for Back To Earth.

Peter Thomas

Peter has previously been a Lecturer in Education, an English Teacher and an Advisory Teacher and is involved in English curriculum development and assessment. He has been an Associate Fellow of the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth, researching good practice in teaching the more able and is currently working with The Globe Education department as well as the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Peter has written for the national press, educational journals and NATE Classroom on various aspects of the English curriculum and its assessment. Publications include editions of Dickens novels as well as various GCSE support materials